Against All Odds Volume II: The History of Burlington Northern Railroad’s Innovative Intermodal Business: 1989 – 2Q 1993 Paperback – July 1, 2023

This is the second volume of the story about how the selfless people of Burlington Northern Railroad’s Intermodal Business Unit were able to, Against All Odds, overcome multiple attempts to neutralize, or essentially kill, the Intermodal business between 1981 and 1995. Their collective efforts transformed it from being an “illegitimate step-child” of a railroad that couldn’t decide what it wanted to be to a business that, Against all Odds, drove significant gains in BN shareholder value. Their efforts also helped to ultimately drive BN’s extraordinarily successful 1995 merger with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and help make Intermodal transportation the foundation piece it has become for the U.S. railroad industry and the global supply chain.This volume chronicles the life of BN Railroad, and particularly the Intermodal Business Unit, between 1989 and the second quarter of 1993 based on the experiences of former participants. Read more